Date: Sat, 25 May 1996 22:48:26 -0400
From: Johnnie Renick
Subject: Re: inservice v.t.
On May 24, 1996 08:38:35, 'Orin Hargraves <100422.2566[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]COMPUSERVE.COM>'
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>From: Orin Hargraves <100422.2566[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]COMPUSERVE.COM>
>Subject: inservice v.t.
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>Below, a quote from a recent e-mail message I received:
>
>> I was so excited to receive your message!!! This will be great fun now
>> that we have e-mail in our school. We're getting inserviced next Wed. on
>> using it, but I have addresses and am having fun trying all this on
>> my own. I'm still fairly new at learning about the big picture of e-mail
>> and internet...
>
>The writer is a K-12 teacher in the upper Midwest.
>
>Is this use of "inservice" teacher jargon? Has anyone else heard or seen
it?
>Any
>info appreciated.
>
>
>With best wishes,
>
>Orin Hargraves
--
Yes I am a teacher and the term is used to tell about the workshops we
have to attend during the school year. Teachers all over the country are
reguired to have a certain number of inservice hours.
Johnnie Renick